Legal Opinion
Madison v. Parker
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1997No. 96-40240PublishedCited by 214 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNALDO G. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Nesbitt Edwin Madison, an inmate currently confined in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, filed a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging violations of Ms constitutional rights during Ms confinement in the state pemten-tiary. A hearing was held by Magistrate Judge Judith K. Guthrie of the Eastern District of Texas after which she held, inter alia, that a prisoner has no liberty interest in Ms good conduct credit time and dismissed Madison’s claim. Upon reviewing the facts in the record along with the laws of Texas we…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Norman R. Spears v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by214 opinions
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